Refrigerate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Refrigerate \Re*frig"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Refrigerated} (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Refrigerating}.] [L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare;
     pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris,
     coolness. See {Frigid}.]
     To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  refrigerate
       v 1: preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or
            else they will spoil"
       2: cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate
          this medicine"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigerate":
     air-condition, air-cool, anhydrate, benumb, bite, blast-freeze,
     brine, chill, cool, corn, cure, cut, dehydrate, desiccate, dry,
     dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, freeze, freeze-dry, freshen,
     frost, frostbite, fume, go through, ice, ice-cool, infrigidate,
     irradiate, jerk, kipper, marinade, marinate, mummify, nip, numb,
     penetrate, pickle, pierce, preservatize, quick-freeze, refresh,
     salt, season, smoke, smoke-cure, stuff, ventilate